Combined high chair and walker



Jan. 13, 1953 J, J; BRAZELL, 2,625,203

COMBINED HIGH CHAIR AND WALKER Filed Feb. 9, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET l W INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 13, .1953

COIWBINED HIGH CHAIR AND WALKER John J. Brazell, Baldwinsville, Mass., assignor to E. L. Thompson Chair Corporation, Baldwinsville, Mass.,'a corporation of Massachusetts Application February 9, 1949, Serial No. 75,341

2 Claims.

This invention relates to combined high chair and walkers and also to high chair tops and base frames therefor, the latter being detachable therefrom so that the chair portion of the device may be easily and quickly removed if and when it is desired.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the class described comprising chair seat or the like having pivoted thereon at opposite sides thereof relatively strong and resilient clips and including means for separating the clips so that portions thereof will be forced under and therefore resiliently secured to the upper frame of a chair base or a childs walker or the like.

Other objects of the invention reside in the provision of the above described high chair in which the chair seat or the like is provided with legs connected in pairs at their bottom ends by means of solid constructional members which are flat on their bottom surfaces and which may be used to rest flatly on any support; said constructional members each having secured thereto at the inside edges thereof a spring metal clip which is pivoted at the top surface of the constructiona1 member and is adapted to depend below the members, and having up-turned resilient ends in spaced relation to the bottom surface of similar base frame members detachable therefrom but securable thereto by said resilient clips to the end that the chair seat or the like may be firmly secured to a separate support in nontilting condition thereon and with no possibility of accidental displacement of the seat relative to its support.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a chair seat according to the invention and showing how it is detachably secured to a support or base;

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the chair seat of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow 3 therein;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view similar to Fig. 1, parts being in section;

Fig. 5 is a view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 is a section on line 11 of Fig. 4.

The present invention relates more particularly to a high chair and a childs walker combination in which the chair is separable from the walker, as disclosed generally in my Patent No.

2,244,096, but the present invention provides a high chair which is safer and sturdier by reason of the construction both of the chair seat and the resilient latching means, as will be described below.

The reference numeral 10 indicates a member which is used as a seat and it may have secured thereto a back and arms as is conventional in high chairs, but these members and others have been omitted as being more or less conventional and in order to more particularly point out the present invention.

The seat I0 is provided with four legs generally indicated at l2 and M, the legs l2 being the rear legs and those at M being the front legs. Each pair of legs l2 and I4 is connected by a spindle l6 extending from front to rear.

Each pair of legs l2l2 and 14-44 is connected by a laterally extending constructional member as indicated at I8 and 20, the member I8 being at the rear, and the member 20 at the front. Both members It and 20 are firmly and permanently secured to the lower ends of the legs and each member l8 and 20 is fiat on its lower surface.

It will be seen that as thus far described, the seat It! may be supported by means of the fiat constructional members I8 and 20 on any kind of surface, as for instance a table or on the floor; and it may be seen that the members l8 and 20 firmly support the seat in upright condition because of the fact that the contacting area between the support and the chair seat members IB and 20 is clearly enlarged over the case where the seat is supported merely'on the ends of the legs [2 and I4, and the present construction provides a very sturdy substantial chair seat for this reason.

At the front of the chair there is provided a foot and leg rest generally indicated at 22 the same being pivoted as at 24 to the legs M. A latch member 26 is pivoted at 28 to the leg rest member and is provided with a pair of notches 30 taking over a spindle 32 which extends parallel to the front constructional member 20 and located above the spindle IS. The latch member 26 holds the leg rest 22 in either of the two positions indicated in Fig. 1 merely by the engagement of the notches 30 over the spindle 32, and any force downwardly on the leg rest maintains the adjustment, the leg rest being displaced only by an upward movement on the latch 26.

Each constructional member l8 and 20 has secured thereto at the top surface thereof a plate 34. These plates 34 are secured to the members by screws or other fasteners as shown in Fig. 4 and the plates 34 are located to have an edge thereof coincident with the inner edges 36 of the constructional members l8 and 20. At this point each plate is provided with an upturned knuckle 38.

Pivotally mounted in each knuckle 38 there is a spring-clip 40. Both of these; clips are just alike and depend; downward for a considerable distance. At their lower ends they are turned up and outwardly as at 42 and then they extend reversely upwardly as at 44 in akind of J -shape terminating in reversely or inwardly directed flat ends or tabs 46, all is clearly shown Figs,

1 and 4.

The reference numeral 48 indicates a; pair of base members or top members for a childswalker or the like 50 such as shown in my patent above identified or some similar device or support; and these members 48 are generally coextensive with the front and rear constructional members It and 29. The resilient clips 49 are free to swing fromtheir-knuckles 38 unless and until they are forced outwardly away from each other so that the inwardly directed tabs 46 engage under and are depressed bythe lower surfaces of the members 48 by which means the members. [8 and, 20 are yieldingly and very firmly secured together.

Itwill be noted that the resilient clips 48 are capable of a slight elongation or flexing in order to allow the tabs at to pass under the inner corners 53 and to come to rest with the vertical portions of the clips abutting both the members l8. and 20. and the members 38 at their inner edges.

Each upturned portion 4a of each clip 49 is provided with a slot in which is received the end of a bar 52 and this bar is held in place by means of a cotter; pin or the like 54. The bars 52 are inter-pivoted at 55. On one member there is provideda laterally extending portion 58 which may be used as a handle andthere is also a limiting device 68 on one member 52 to engage the other member so as to prevent too great a movement downwardly.

This construction will be seen to provide a toggle for the purpose of separating the clips to engage, their oifset ends under the members 48 and also serving to retract them therefrom. In this connection it will be noted that as the toggle is actuated downwardly to separate the clips, the interaction occurs between the cotter pins and the upturned portions 44 so that there is no pressure on the vertical portion of the clips extending down from the knuckles 38, this resulting in easier engagement of the clips and also in easier separation in the reverse direction.

This invention. provides a very sturdy high ha w i hca o i or a e er ndl though detachable, is so firmly held by reason of members I8 and 20, as to be incapable of upsetting or other accident.

Havingthus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the. details; herein disclosed, otherwise than as setforth intheclaims, but what I claim is:

1 In a deviceof the class described, a supporting base includinglegs and a pair of substantially parallel, spaced horizontal members thereon, a detachable seat, a plurality of paired legs on the seat, a substantially flat member on eaehsaid of l gs sai fla m m s e ns su ta t ally parallel and spaced tocorrespond with the horizontal members and forming a strong flat support for the seat selectively on the horizqntjal members of the supporting base or on a supporting surface, a fiat plate on each flat member, a pivot knuckle on each plate at the inner edge of the respective flat member thereof, a spring strap clip pivoted to each knuckle and depending therefrom, and a resilient latching offset portion on each spring strap clip underlying the respective horizontal members of the supporting base, said plates and clips yieldably and releasably clamping the horizontal members and the fiat members together.

2. The device of claim 1 including a to gle device loosely secured at he ends thereof to the spring clipsto, separate the samev to engage the horizontal members simultaneously.

JQHN J B AZELLi REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,267,800 Peterman May 28, 1918 June 31 

